RACINE BELLE CITY OF THE LAKES AND RACINE COUNTY WISCONSIN A Record of Settlement, Organization, FANNY S. STONE Supervising Editor ILLUSTRATED VOLUME I CHICAGO: THE S. J. CLARKE PUBLISHING COMPANY 1916 Table of Contents - 17 THE MOUND BUILDERS - CHARACTER OF THEIR RELICS - WHO WERE THEY?-WORK OF THE UNITED STATES BUREAU OF ETHNOLOGY — DISTRICTS IN THE UNITED STATES - RECENT THEORIES - MOUNDS IN RACINE COUNTY - THE INDIANS - TRIBAL DISTRIBUTION AT THE CLOSE OF THE FIFTEENTH CENTURY - WISCONSIN TRIBES- CHIPPE- EARLY EXPLORATIONS IN AMERICA SPAIN, ENGLAND AND FRANCE- LAND GRANTS TO THE LONDON AND PLYMOUTH COMPANIES -THE JESUITS - MARQUETTE AND JOLIET — LA SALLE — OTHER EARLY FRENCH EXPLORERS - CONFLICT OF CLAIMS THE FRENCH AND INDIAN WAR PONTIAC'S CONSPIRACY - THE REVOLUTIONARY SETTLEMENT OF THE COUNTY THE FIRST WHITE MEN IN RACINE COUNTY · ST. COSME'S ACCOUNT OF THE ROOT RIVER - JAMBEAU'S TRADING POST-CAPTAIN GILBERT KNAPP THE FIRST DWELLING - LIST OF EARLY SETTLERS PIONEER LIFE AND CUSTOMS - THE HOUSE-RAISING THE FURNITURE SWAPPING WORK OBTAINING SUPPLIES PASTIMES CHARACTER OF THE PIONEER — THE OLD TRAPPER'S SOLILOQUY.. 65 CHAPTER V RACINE COUNTY ORGANIZED HOW CONDITIONS PRIOR TO THE ORGANIZATION OF THE COUNTY CHAPTER VI TOWNSHIP HISTORY TOWNSHIPS OF TWO CLASSES - ORIGIN OF THE CIVIL TOWNSHIP ITS PLACE IN HISTORY - THE NINE CIVIL TOWNSHIPS OF RACINE COUNTY BURLINGTON -CALEDONIA DOVER MOUNT PLEASANT NORWAY - RAYMOND ROCHESTER · WATERFORD-YORKVILLE HISTORICAL SKETCH OF EACH-EARLY SETTLEMENTS PERSONAL MENTION OF PIONEERS. DATE OF ORGANIZATION MISCELLANEOUS INCIDENTS POPULATION AND WEALTH-A RETROSPECT .101 CHAPTER VII THE CITY OF RACINE LOCATION ORIGIN OF THE NAME - EARLY SETTLEMENT — PLATTING THE TOWN-STREET AND PROPERTY LINES - POSTOFFICE EARLY MAIL ROUTES - THE VILLAGE INCORPORATED — THE CITY GOVERNMENT - LIST OF MAYORS - FIRE DEPARTMENT - POLICE DEPARTMENT PUBLIC PARKS WATERWORKS GAS AND ELECTRIC LIGHT |